To the left is my dining room area - small but large enough for 4 chairs. It would be a good area for a stereo as well as it has corners. Where is Audio Note in Hong Kong? (hi-fi friends will get it). The right is my living room looks a bit larger than this photo. Straight ahead is my bedroom and second bedroom on the right, with the bathroom on the left. kitchen is behind me to the left. The ceilings are all nice and high maybe 11 feet.
To my Wenzhou teaching friends - look closely. Yes that is a Mattress! You can get them in Hong Kong. Sure beats the box spring we had to sleep on in Wenzhou. And it's very comfy. I lie back in bed and look out the window to see the boats going by, the MTR and airport express trains going by and of course the famous Nina Tower which has a lot of back story of intrigue behind it.
From my bedroom window with head on pillow. The Nina Tower with light display goes until about 11pm and then it's normal lighting after that. The colours change often with various designs.
My bathroom - it's so nice to have space. to the right is a full size bathtub. Yes yes put the toilet seat down - I know I know.
This is a view from the elevator. There are two elevators. This one is from the promenade to the second floor which takes you to the 6 apartment buildings. You then walk to your building where you take a normal non view lift to your floor. There is a faster route but I like this one.GYM
To my P.E. Teacher friends. You would love the included Gym facilities. Yes it's free and so I have no excuse not to go. There are 11 nautilus machines, 5 treadmills, 6 stair masters, a rowing machine and 2 bikes. And full free weight sets up to about 200kg all look practically brand new and I believe we get a free trainer.
What else is part of the club. A games room for young children to play in with their parents that is really quite nice. A full size large air-hockey table and those quarter rides for kids. A study room, a gym that has 2 volleyball courts shared with basketball courts and fully padded walls (good for when I finally go off the beam), a squash court, sauna (free), billiards room and outside picnic tables with chessboards layouts imprinted into the table. There is also a lounge with newspapers to read or just relax. There is a fee to rent the squash courts and other rooms which is fair enough since people would book it and not show up. The fee is $10HKD which is $1.25 for half hour on the squash court. Can't really complain about that. The swimming pool is $10HKD and $30HKD for guests.
The pool is closed for the season because it's too cold. I have to laugh - it seems like a Vancouver summer here and it's too cold? Oh well it opens back up in March or April.
Also, for my PE teacher friends. Just outside my building is an outdoor mini-track with exercise bars and instructions on what to do. Within 5 minutes walk from my building is a football field and full track with long jump facilities in premium condition and stands. There is a public swimming pool right beside it with twisty water slides. The mini-track outside heads right into the stadium with the big track. Not far from all of this is a large outdoor tennis facility with about 12-15 tennis courts which are all in immaculate condition. It's nice when you don't have a bunch of people that make it their business to destroy public property because it's "fun."
And Tsing Yi MTR station is about 8 min walk from my place. This station is home to Maritime Square shopping mall with around 200 shops and is one of the bigger shopping malls. It has a full movie theater and of course Starbucks.
I shall take some pictures for a future blog but you can google "Tsing Yi" for better pictures of the area. My building is right on the promenade.
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